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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?
(a) Moore River Settlement.
(b) Swan River Colony.
(c) Jigalong.
(d) Perth.

2. What does Dora's father Lubin suggest?
(a) Taking one of the cattle.
(b) Stealing all of the cattle.
(c) Killing all of the cattle.
(d) Killing the white men.

3. Why are the women settlers upset?
(a) Because the Aboriginals are not wearing clothes.
(b) Because the rain is destroying their possessions.
(c) Because they are afraid of the Aboriginals.
(d) Because they are hungry.

4. What did the Aboriginal people discover too late?
(a) A secret hiding place from the white men.
(b) That the white men are human beings and not spirits.
(c) That all their beliefs are false.
(d) How to use guns.

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.
(b) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(c) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(d) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Fremantle try to communicate when he realizes they don't understand him?

2. What does Arthur Carberry hope to achieve in Australia?

3. How long had the red desert been the home of the Mardudjara people before they left?

4. How long is the military outpost there for?

5. How do the Mardudjara people feel about their work?

(see the answer key)

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